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Jean-Baptise de Franssu, new president of Vatican Bank IOR, leaves after a news conference at the Vatican July 9, 2014. The Vatican said on Wednesday it will separate its bank's investment business
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Ernst Von Freyberg: Controversial New Vatican Bank President Appointed by Pope Benedict, Huffington Post, February 15, 2013
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